You are hereHomeBARSeptember/October 2010Strata: Illuminated Manuscripts Reveal Jewish-Christian Collaboration Maimonides, as he is best known, is the Greek form of Moshe ben Maimon. He was a polymath and also court physician to Sultan Saladin and the royal family in Cairo. Join the BAS Library! Already a library member? Log in here. Institution user? Log in with your IP address.